South Africa’s social delivery systems are facing a crisis and need urgent funding from the government, the National Coalition for Social Services (Nacoss) said in Johannesburg on Tuesday. It said there is inadequate funding and care for adults and children with HIV/Aids, while homes for children and for the elderly are closing.
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/ 3 February 2004
South African Football Association deputy president Irvin Khoza — better known to some at the Iron Duke of soccer — has resigned from all his posts at the organisation with immediate effect. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Khoza said: ”I am tired of being used as a scapegoat.”
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/ 28 January 2004
Four South Africans were injured and one was killed in a car bomb in Baghdad in Iraq on Wednesday morning, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Departmental spokesperson Nomfanelo Kota said three of the injured men were treated for minor lacerations and the fourth one sustained serious injuries.
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/ 27 January 2004
The fantasy epic <i>Lord of the Rings: Return of the King</i> emerged on Tuesday as the hot Oscar favourite as it earned 11 nominations for the coveted Academy Awards. South African actress Charlize Theron has been nominated as best lead actress for her role as a serial killer in <i>Monster</i>.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=30257">Charlize: Glamorous present, dark past</a>
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/ 30 December 2003
South Africa’s 2003 national matriculation pass rate has improved by 4,4% to a total of 73,3%, Education Minister Kader Asmal announced on Tuesday, up from 68,9% in 2002, 61,7% in 2001 and only 48,9% in 1999. Asmal said the results ”clearly show that the tide has turned” for South Africa’s education system.
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/ 10 December 2003
National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka faced a series of tough questions before Stephen Joseph, SC, at the Hefer Commission of Inquiry on Thursday. Joseph is representing former transport minister Mac Maharaj and former African National Congress intelligence head Mo Shaik.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=28406">Love story unfolds at Hefer</a>
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/ 28 November 2003
Two of the country’s foremost media personalities squared off at a Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa tribunal on Friday. <i>Mail & Guardian</i> columnist Robert Kirby had lodged a complaint against SABC broadcaster Jeremy Maggs, following remarks made by Maggs on air in September.
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/ 26 November 2003
Zimbabwean authorities have been urged to drop charges against 14 people who were arrested for circulating an e-mail message criticising President Robert Mugabe’s economic policies and calling for his departure. This is the first time the country’s authorities have used a law passed last year allowing them to intercept e-mail.
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/ 21 November 2003
All remaining problems between the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and Gallo Music over the live recording of workers’ songs have been resolved, Cosatu has announced. The Mail & Guardian reported on Friday that Cosatu accused Gallo of trying to ”rip it off” over the venture.
Song and dance over Cosatu recording
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/ 21 November 2003
Mo Shaik on Thursday told the Hefer commission that he would be happy to concede he had been wrong about Bulelani Ngcuka, as long as he could be shown to be wrong.